Readovka - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Readovka, Online news outlet

Incident date: March 26, 2020

Attack type:

Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow Oblast, Vidnoye

Additional information:

The Court of Vidnoye ordered to block the website of the news outlet Readovka as an interim measure until the trial on the claim of the State Duma deputy Dmitry Sablin. The plaintiff demands to delete an article that states that Sablin illegally received a large share of the «Lenin Sovkhoz» from the ex-wife of Pavel Grudinin.

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